Archaeologists May Have Found Skeleton of King Richard III

Archaeologists from the University of Leicester believe they may have found the remains of King Richard III. They uncovered the skeleton of a man with apparent battle wounds and curvature of the spine. Historical sources say the king had a hunchback. A barbed iron arrowhead was also found between vertebrae of the skeleton's upper back. The remains were found at a site scientists think is the Church of the Grey Friars, where the former king was supposedly buried in 1485 after being killed at the battle of Bosworth.

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